Vacation!

Well, here is just a bit of the vacation- I may need to do this in a number of issues...
We traveled (by car) through 8 states and 2 provinces. We saw the license plates of 9 out of 12 provinces and 44 out of 50 states! Crazy!

The kids were truly great- I probably complained about the driving more than they did with a sore pregnant back and an entire day of nausea- but they were fabulous. Of course, Amber had the last Harry Potter book to read the whole way home. She finished 759 pages in about 12 hours! That's about a page a minute. We have sworn her to secrecy and she is not allowed to talk about it with people unless they have also read it.

Here are a few pics of the crazy fun!
Marin on the boat at the cabin! The water was warm!!!! and the weather was perfect- what a great week!

Uncle Adam, Nana and Auntie Marilee at the park near the dock- what cuties!

The kids LOVED the tubes. The hardest part was getting in with a life jacket on. We had some slower trips for the younger kids and a few wild rides for the older ones. Justin and Spencer actually went flipping out of the tube on one ride and the tube even flipped over. They went flying! Luckily no one really got hurt all week (unless you count Grandad's various cuts, scrapes and injuries, but that is nothing new:))

Mom and Ben on the boat. Ben loved riding, but wouldn't get out of the boat except to go on the jet ski with Dad. Due to the pregnant thing I was limited to to the boat as well, but we had great fun watching others tube, ski and surf.

On the boat!

The Calgary Stampede! Doesn't Justin make a good farmer?! It was a VERY VERY VERY hot day in Calgary, but we had fun? This part was actually neat- going in the barns, etc. The rides and games were too expensive and it was too hot, but we'll never forget it!

My cute cowgirls!

Spencer and Marin playing at Lake Bonnavista (sp?) in south Calgary with one of Marilee's childhood friends and his adorable family.

Amber was busy at the lake!!!!

We finished the trip in Mountain View (pics still to come for that part). We drove down from Calgary and stopped for a while at the Cardston Alberta temple. Marilee and Adam, Heather and Steve and Julie and TJ were all married here. It always has been special to me because this is where my grandparents and Ryan's grandparents visited often. Yeah for a fun trip!!!

Off we go...

A quick note before we head off for vacation...I have decided I hate getting ready for trips- there is always so much to do and I get stressed! I can usually handle stress pretty well, but AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! anyway, I think it's all done and whether it is or not, we are off tomorrow!

On a happy note, I felt the baby move this morning. I was awake very early (needing to use the bathroom of course) and when I got back in bed and tried to sleep I felt Miller #5 moving around a bit. As I recall with the others I didn't feel too much too often at first because I am usually moving myself, so it only works when I am really still and focused. It was fun :).

I also have never written about the Shower Fairy! A while back, I received an anonymous present on my doorstep from the "Shower Fairy". The card informed me that I would be receiving random visits. The bag contained a baby towel and washclothes- I had actually thought the day or two before that we would need new ones since the old ones were used until they fell apart. Then, just before we went to Utah I received another gift- a gift card to Motherhood. That came in handy! I needed jeans for the family picture and mine were way beyond fitting. So yeah- a trip shopping! Anyway, it's so fun to be suprised and big thanks to whomever the giver may be!!!!!!!